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Join Photographer Mark Brown for Discussion on Owls and Other Wildlife

Posted on Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 11:00 amJoin Photographer Mark Brown for Discussion on Owls and Other Wildlife at Joppa Flats 12-12-10

Photographer Mark Brown of Andover invites the public to join him for an informal discussion on the wildlife he photographs at a reception on Sunday, December 12, at 2:30 p.m. at the Joppa Flats Education Center. The reception is open to the public free of charge. Mark’s show, “The Hidden World of Owls,” is currently featured at Joppa Flats.

Born in New York City, Mark Brown grew up in an urban environment and became fascinated with nature’s wonders at an early age. Mark started to pursue an adult interest in photography in 1995 while studying mountain lions as a research volunteer in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest. Since then, he has captured thousands of images from all over North America. He focuses his photography on landscape and wildlife images found in settings from deserts to forests to mountains to oceans. He seeks to capture nature’s poetic beauty for the enjoyment of others to experience and has exhibited and published his work across the US. Locally, he shows and discusses his photographic work for the weather team on New England Cable Vision.

Mass Audubon is the largest conservation organization in New England, caring for 34,000 acres of conservation land and providing education programs for 200,000 children and adults annually. Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the website at www.massaudubon.org.

Posted on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 at 8:04 amMark Brown of Andover will present an exhibit of his wildlife photographs, “The Hidden World of Owls,” at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center from November 7, 2010, through January 2, 2011. Mark will introduce his work at an opening reception on Sunday, November 7, at 2:30 p.m. at the Joppa Flats Education Center. The reception on November 7 is open to the public free of charge. A portion of all purchases made during the exhibit helps to support Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats.

Born in New York City, Mark Brown grew up in an urban environment and became fascinated with nature’s wonders at an early age. Mark started to pursue an adult interest in photography in 1995 while studying mountain lions as a research volunteer in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest. Since then, he has captured thousands of images from all over North America. He focuses his photography on landscape and wildlife images found in settings from deserts to forests to mountains to oceans. He seeks to capture nature’s poetic beauty for the enjoyment of others to experience and has exhibited and published his work across the US. Locally, he shows and discusses his photographic work for the weather team on New England Cable Vision.

Mass Audubon is the largest conservation organization in New England, caring for 34,000 acres of conservation land and providing education programs for 200,000 children and adults annually. Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the website at www.massaudubon.org.